Friday, October 10, 2014

Vocabulary #4


Roots and Derivatives
1. bon, boun (good): bonus, bounty, bountiful, bonify, boon, bon voyage, bonhomie.
2. capit, capt (head, chief, leader): capital, captain, capitalize, decapitate, per capita, capitol.
3. carn(i) (flesh): carnal, carnality, carnival, carnation, carnify.
4. ced(e), ceed, cess (go, yield, surrender): recede, proceed, success, concede, exceed, procession, unprecedented.
Word List
1. accession: the attainment of a certain rank or dignity; an increase by means of something added; the act of becoming joined.
2. bona fide: in good faith; genuine.
3. bonanza: a sudden and unexpected source of money or riches; a windfall.
4. bounteous: inclined to be generous; plentiful and abundant.
5. capitulation: a surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions; a final giving up.
6. carnage: a great slaughter, as in a battle.
7. carnivorous: a flesh-eating, as in a battle.
8. incarnate: in the flesh; in bodily form; personified; flesh-colored
9. intercede: to act on another's behalf; to mediate.
10. precedent: a previous act or decision taken as a valid model; a: having gone before.
11. recapitulation: a brief repetition; a summary, as of what has already been said.
12. reincarnation: a thing that is reborn, or comes back into being although perhaps in a different (bodily) form.

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